The Senate on Friday night voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after Vice President JD Vance stepped in to ...

WASHINGTON — Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth ... a tie-breaking vote. South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds, a Republican member of the Armed Services panel, said Hegseth has been straightforward ...

Pete Hegseth looked great ... voicing grave concerns about Hegseth’s basic human decency. After it was over, Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota said the man had “acquitted ...

Pete Hegseth gave ... to give opportunities for Hegseth to shine, he also struggled to answer some questions from GOP members. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota brought up a technical matter ...

President Donald Trump's nomination of Forest Lake native Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense was approved after a 50-50 tie in the Senate was broken by Vice President JD Vance.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was ...

The South Dakota governor will oversee a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and a clampdown on illegal ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security nominee, South Dakota Governor ...

Republicans kept the Senate working Saturday to install the latest member of Trump’s national security team on a 59-34 vote.